this is. from berlin tonight with britain's divorce from the european union looming france and germany decided to renewed their vows the leaders of both countries today signed a new pact of friendship aimed at reenergizing the european union at a time of crisis tonight we ask is there substance amid all the symbolism also coming up living history the emotions the gestures the facial expressions of actual holocaust survivors given eternal life at the chicago museum and all captured as

holy grail. and it could be the end of a young man's life and a young man's football drink a plane carrying him. has disappeared over the english channel that was on his way to join an english premier league club now the search is on for the plane that's been missing since last night. off it's good to have you with us consider it a reminder of how the european project began today germany and france signed a new treaty aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries french president. and german chancellor angela merkel committed their nations to increasing cooperation on issues such as security and foreign policy both say that they hope this treaty will reinvigorate the e.u. at a time of crisis. a signature and a kiss sealing

a promise of peace turning old into france today france and germany renewed post-war pledge in a new friendship treaty signed and often home of the medieval. united much of europe shall make all the previous illicit treaty came to heal the wounds of the past the new signs of our one aims to meet future challenges by strengthening cooperation end of one the ones we combine as part of our joint systems for collective security germany and france commit ourselves to offer help and support including military support in the event of an armed attack on our respective territories. these trees may be table. president cross said both nations wanted to improve political dialogue military coordination and life for people living along the common border. any.

sort of unity solidarity cohesion these are the key points of the treaty europe would not survive where we're united it would die germany and france have a responsibility to create the tools to realize true european sovereignty we don't need it in defense and security this space travel migration and monitoring the economic and digital change on a collision in marriage. building a new french german economic zone and improving the free movement of labor off the goals of the treaty they may ultimately help the french president in his struggle with protests by some french people who feel forgotten by the political elites. the so-called yellow vests even made their presence felt in our. the parliaments of both countries wanted even more intense corp but for merkel and mcchrystal today's

treaty goes far enough for now. quite clearly german chancellor angela merkel and french president mano my call wanted to do nothing less than make history here and often today as germany and france for new their vows of corporation within the european union they want to demonstrate that that franco german engine is still working and they're putting that target pretty high when they say they want to coordinate deeper on defense on security on the economy and those transporter reasons sewing that europe can do this too but first and foremost this was a highly symbolic act especially in these times with brags that nationalism and trump donald trump the u.s. president and danger in what the european union stands for so them signing this treaty supporting multilateralism the german french friendship going in together is

a sign to the world. and our correspondents max hoffman and mcculloch of her reporting there or british prime minister to resign may is preparing to go back to brussels to try to renegotiate her breakthrough deal it was resultingly rejected by the u.k. parliament last week on monday she outlined what was supposed to be an alternative plan but critics say she failed to offer any new ideas and despite ruling out the option may is facing mounting pressure from campaigners for a second referendum on bragg's that among them is former british prime minister tony blair at the world economic forum in davos he told the w correspondent been physical and why he believes a new vote is necessary. the idea is to to change the withdrawal agreement obviously that's a matter of negotiation between the british government and europe but look myself and others have been arguing in the u.k. that this process is is

a mess and this new agreement as to what the future trading relationship with europe should be one group of people want us to stay close to europe another group one has to break out of the european trading system altogether these are very different futures and our view is that it's got to go back to the people full decision because palm that i think will be blocked i doubt that she can get a deal through there's no but you're ready for any other form of brakes it and therefore the sensible thing in this iteration is go back and ask the people and that was former british prime minister tony blair there speaking to the w.'s been physical and earlier today at the world economic forum that full interview is available on our website at d w dot com. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the u.s. supreme court has ruled that the trumpet ministration can go ahead with its ban on transgender people serving in the armed forces the court voted five to four to lift injunctions against the ban former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko says

that she will be a candidate in march as presidential elections opinion polls show that she is the favorite to win the machine that was jailed for two and a half years over again asked to deal with russia in what was largely seen as a politically motivated conviction. french police say they have detained american singer chris brown after a woman filed a claim against him in two other people the woman says that she met brown and his friends at a paris nightclub earlier this month before going back with him to a hotel. for survivors of the holocaust sharing their experiences and educating new generations is an important part of making certain that the world never forgets the horrors that they experienced or now when you see him in chicago has found an ingenious way of doing just that even long after those survivors have gone who's real here fritzy fictional meets her hologram

some which one is the real me. i felt it was important i felt it was an important story it was difficult because they took me back into the past and it's something that i didn't wish to read length. is the president of the illinois holocaust museum in chicago the museum has long considered how to keep the holocaust memory alive. for a chill was thirteen when the nazis deported her and her mother to auschwitz. they were crammed into a cattle car like this one she says she has five hundred ninety nine women to thank for her survival. when they all gave me their crumbs it was the size of a marble but it saved my life and maybe took away from theirs in turn i made a promise that if i survived i would be the messengers preach all wants to tell

their stories to young people in the future even when she's no longer alive. maybe thirty i'd be happy to answer any questions you know a girl asks how she felt about religion after the war. what's god doing today. but she has people suffer. and so i was embarrassed that there were. no. at some point i actually just sort of forgot that she was a hologram it felt so natural in i guess real it was really touching to i don't know like eve you felt like you were with her like like you saw how much like you know how much of her what she was going through that. producing the

holograms was challenging for that for five days in a green screen studio in los angeles countless cameras were pointed at her she was asked thousands of questions she never knew what would come next. with the help of keywords the holograms are programmed in such a way that they can give spontaneous answers for every question there are several responses it's really the part that's the most important is the interactivity so that our visitors feel that they are having an intimate conversation with a survivor in real time and they can drive the content as we're all used to now from. the message from survivors new generations must learn from the past. their stories live on is holograms there already twelve of them the chicago museum hopes to persuade other museums to use this new form of memorial. for the

first of them. but there is sad news tonight from the world of football a plane carrying the new cardiff city signy a merely young rousselle has gone missing over the english channel the twenty eight year old is feared dead after contact was lost with the plane taking him from norm's france home of his former club to wales the search has been called off until daylight on wednesday. the medion of samara only signed as a cardiff player on saturday he said he can wait to get started now his new club are in shock i mean what's going on just describe. the look on his face. very. red he met us we walked him around the grounds and. he was absolutely ready to give you the go. and renewable. when you hear. we really feel that this salad is goals and the french league

made him a favorite with not fans joining in twenty fifteen he quickly established himself as one of the teens most reliable players. just go he was like a friend because we used to see him at the training pitch a stadium from time to time a little to do. really would congratulate him for his performances because he was one of the players who for the most. siler had returned to france to say farewell to his teammates in person he posted this photo on twitter with a message to my chair the final goodbye the aircraft with sal and the pilots on board took off from some monday evening headed for cardiff it disappeared from radar close to the channel islands the search resumes today after bad weather in the english channel overnight but rescuers say they're

not optimistic very much whether they were in survival gear on the water which is just above ten degrees of the moment so the doesn't give you very long before you start to freeze up. salaries the most expensive player cardiff ever bought friends said it was his dream to step out in the english premier league a dream that may now never be fulfilled. well the last two quarter finals ones have been booked in. south korea's kim soon added the winner in extra time to edge past bahrain two one south korea will face qatar in the next round a second half go from. was enough to secure a narrow victory over iraq well superstar footballer cristiana rinaldo has pleaded guilty to tax fraud in spain the thirty three year old and portugal forward signed autographs after leaving court in madrid in a deal with the court he agreed to settle the case by paying

a nineteen million except if suspended prison sentence the fraud charge dates back to his time playing for you guessed it real madrid. russia has avoided a new ban from the. agency wada despite missing a deadline at the end of december to hand over data from its moscow laboratory water was able to collect that data last week now which is russia's anti-doping agency was reinstated last september on the condition that water was given access to the data. that was suspended in two thousand and fifteen after a state sponsored doping scandal in russians for us. and here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you in france and germany have signed a new friendship a treaty aimed at strengthening their relationship and their country's roles in europe the agreement includes an increase in cooperation on security and foreign policy. you're watching the news live from berlin for all of us here in berlin

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